Boot and shoe cleaner.



G. E. SIPHERD.

BOOT AND SHOE CLEANER.

APPLwATIoN :FILED DBO. s, 1909.

Patented July 19, 1910.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE E. SIPHERD, Olil GAIJESBURG, ILLINOIS.

BOOT AND SHOE CLEANER.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE E. SIP'HERD, a citizen of the United States,residing at Galesburg, in the county of Knox and State of Illinois,haveinvented a new and useful Boot and Shoe Cleaner', of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to boot and shoey cleaners.

The principal object of the invention is to provide a novel device ofthe character recited which is effective, durable, simple, and economicof manufacture; which is provided with a clean-out trough, and in whichthat part which is most subjected to wear may be readily replaced whenworn, without removal or disturbance of the other parts.

@ther objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out.

To the end of carrying out these objects the invention consists inconstructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts hereinafterdescribed and made the subject matter of claims hereto appended.

A device embodying the preferred constructive form of, and showing thearrangement and mutual relationship of the parts forming the subjectmatter of my improvements, is illustrated in the accompanying drawings,in which Figure 1 is a top plan; Fig. 2, a front elevation; and F ig. 3,an end elevation seen from that end of the device at which the brush islocated.

In said drawings the same reference numeral indicates the same partwherever applied.

2 represents a base, or base-plate, preferably of sheet metal, the rearportion of which is bent or flanged upwardly, primarily to provide onemember of a clean-out trough 17. This flange however serves a triplefunction-it serves also as a cleaning bar when the device is used fromthe rear side, and as a support for a bent plate or bar Ll, one end ofwhich is fixed thereto by a rivet 5. One end portion 6 of the plate 4vlies along and perpendicular to a portion of the base 2, is then bentat a right angle to form the scraper portion 7, thence again bent at aright angle to provide a portion 8 to which one end of the hereinafterdescribed brush is secured, and finally bent outwardly at a right angleto provide an extension 9 to which one side of the brush is secured.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application fil-ed December 3, 1909.

Patented J uly 19, 1910. serial. No. 531,227.

lf preferred, the portions 8 and 9 may be dispensed with and' thescraper bar 7 be 1 continued or extended' along one side of the brush asshown by dotted lines at Fig. 1 and secured thereto by screws, as shown.

The cleaning brush, which may be of any desired and suitableconstruction, is shown as being made after the usual fashion or mannerof such articles and comprises a back 10, bristle-plate 1l and bristles12. Screws 13 are threaded through the base 2 and into the back 10. Ascrew 14 is threaded through the portion 8 of the bent bar 4 and intothe back 10, and screws 15 through the portion 9 and also into the back10. It will be evident that the screws 13 hold the brush rigidly andsecurely but removably in place, and that, thus held, the screws 111 and15 hold the scraper bar from movement.

The portions 6, 7, and 8 of the bar -L form a dirt-receptacle 16, whilethe brush-back and iiange 3 form the clean-out trough 17 hereinbeforedescribed.

When used from in front the operator will hold the device from movementby placing one foot and thereby his weight on the free or unoccupiedside of the base moving the bottom portions of the sole and heel of theshoe being cleaned over the bar 7, whereupon said portions as well asthe upper7 may be thoroughly freed from dirt etc. by moving them overthe upstanding bristles of the brush, which bristles it will be notedrise well above the metallic portions of the device.

When used from the rear side the device is generally secured to a porchfloor or walk by screws (not shown) passed through the apertures 18 inthe base plate, though it may be held by the shoe not being cleaned. Theother shoe is then to be drawn'across the bristles to remove all dustand accumulations, while the flange 3 will at the same time and by thesame movement remove all hardened accumulations, the combination ormutual cooperation of the bristles and iiange thus perfectly cleaningthe shoe at a single operation.

The advantages of the invention will be apparent and the operationunderstood from the foregoing description, it being particularly notedthat various changes may be made in the details of construction andarrangement of the parts without departing materially from the generalidea involved.

Having thus described the nature of the invention and the best means Iknow for carrying it into eiiect, I claim as new and desire to securgbyLetters Patent the following, toewitzl. A device of the nature describedcoinprising a base provided with a flange along its rear edge, a bentscraper-bar secured at one of its ends to said flange, and a brushsecured to said base, the other end of said scraper-bar secured thereto.

2. A device of the character described comprising a base including aflange, a brush secured to said base, spaced from said llange, saidflange and brush constituting a cleanout trough, and a bent platesecured at its ends to said flange and brush, said flange and plateconstituting a dirt receptacle.

In Witness whereof I hereunto aiix my signature this 29th day ofNovember, 1909. GEORGE E. SIPHERD. In presence of- CHAs. S. I-IARRIs,MYRLE NORTON.

